ECON 101: Presidential nominees should play a Civilization

Ever think to yourself that a president has no idea what they're doing? You might be right. If the price of gas per gallon is half of minimum wage or higher, you're definitely right. Crap like this should be unacceptable because in all honesty there are too many ways it could have been avoided. From finding more oil, to having better infrastructure, to having good deals with other nations, the price of gas should only ever be a fraction of minimum wage. This is just one of the many signs of a president that should not be, and should have never been allowed to be, in office. How could we have know might you ask? Besides blatant incompetence during their campaign, there are a few ways but the one I'd like to sell you the most is that presidential nominees should play a Civilization 5.

What is Civilization? At its core, Civilization is nation building simulation game. Yes that's right, with all the crazy simulation games out there from Sims and Farming Simulator, to Prison Architect and Kerbal Space Program, there is a simulation game that simulates what it's like to build and run a nation. There are an overwhelming amount of tasks to manage, but the one to focus on are the economic tasks. Believe it or not if your economy goes negative in this game, it comes with sever to detrimental penalties. Some of these penalties include: your military abandoning you, people starving to death, an uprising of anarchy complete with rebels rising up against you, your cities turning on you and joining other nations are all possible in this game. However, if you manage to do really well with your economy there are amazing benefits to having a booming economy. Some of these include: numerous research agreements, making allies with city states, using money to buy the rest of the infrastructure to buildings your cities are working on, and even an economic victory.

Your nations economy is actually the skeleton of your empire and everything else are the muscle and flesh. There are very few exceptions to what you do not costing you money, and that's because some of those exceptions include making you more money. If you want to build buildings, that costs money. If you want an army, that cost money. If you want roads, that costs money. Your economic decisions of producing resources and selling them to other nations can get your nation out of debt, and making too large of a military could cause you to lose your ability to supply your conquests. This game would be a great economic test, and of many other tasks, of those who play it. Above all, those seeking to run for president should prove themselves worthy of the office by playing and winning this game at least 3 times on normal difficulty. With that, gas should go back under $1 and stay there indefinitely.